HIGH RISE
Another rectangle full
of glass cubicles skyscraper rises
Architecture by
Etch-A-Sketch and Lego bricks
Taller than some –
wider than others – but basically the same.
Size is everything.
Here’s another big bag of money for the city planning committee. .
Taliban target
practice – Vertigo sufferers stay away
Giant gorillas come
here to fight off the bi-planes
And admire the view of
the other side
Of town where other
apes look back from their own concrete tree tops.
Stay in tonight –
Watch the Towering Inferno.
Or ride the glass
elevator up and down
Until you’re sick.
Clean yourself up and
go and see the architect.
He lives in a bungalow
in Littlehampton.
Arthur Chappell
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